Lafayette in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.6597, -87.6581
- Elevation
- 182 m above sea level
- Population
- 165
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 965 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Lafayette, Kentucky, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Lafayette, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Lafayette, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Lafayette
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lafayette.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:12 AM Solar noon 12:35 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in Lafayette right now
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Lafayette and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 07848
- 36862
- 37083
- 45854
- 47901
- 47902
- 47903
- 47904
- 47905
- 47909
- 56054
- 70501
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Other places named Lafayette
- Lafayette Louisiana, United States
- Lafayette Indiana, United States
- Lafayette Colorado, United States
- Lafayette California, United States
- Lafayette Georgia, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- La Fayette — 0.1 km
- Bennettstown — 5.8 km
- Rose Hill (historical) — 6.7 km
- Stephenson — 7.2 km
- Parker Town (historical) — 7.5 km
- Roaring Spring — 8.5 km
Lafayette: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes describe the layout of Lafayette.
Lafayette is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−5. Whether the area observes daylight saving: Yes.
At Lafayette the sun clears the horizon at 7:12 AM and sinks again at 5:59 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 46 min.
For La Fayette and Bennettstown near Lafayette, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Lafayette?
- Lafayette observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does Lafayette switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Lafayette: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Lafayette — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:12 AM, sunset at 5:59 PM.